A long and heavy westbound North Platte led by UP 5962 struggles upgrade at Hesperia.
"Curving Past Sloan's History (Tunnel to Open Cut)"
On the morning of May 15th, 2024, a Union Pacific coal train curves around the abandoned tunnel in Sloan, Nevada, via an open cut a... (more)
"7 Magic Mountains, 1 Magic Train"
A Union Pacific coal train heads east along the Cima Subdivision, passing by the vibrant Seven Magic Mountains art installation in southern Las Vega... (more)
A 4 unit set of road power heads east back to Yermo after delivering a loaded coal train to the Cal Portland Cement plant at Oro Grande.
A Ft. Worth to West Colton extra struggles through the cut at Mohawk in the late evening.
I got the pleasure of catching a train with a KCS SD70ACe second unit. It also had UP 1996 as the mid train DPU. The leader wasn't much to look at, but the lighting was nice.
A Houston, TX to Kansas City, MO manifest freight heads north on former Missouri Pacific trackage in southeastern Kansas.
Southbound approaching packer St.
An empty westbound coal train cruises along the triple track just east of North Platte, paralleling a sparsely-trafficked Route 30.
CCAJO9 23 passes the station at Kirkwood on a beautiful Saturday morning.
Empty Joppa train crosses over from 2 to 1. The one and only M.O. Walker is at the helm of this beast.